[Download] "State Missouri v. James Betts Thomas" by Supreme Court of Missouri Division 2 # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: State Missouri v. James Betts Thomas
- Author : Supreme Court of Missouri Division 2
- Release Date : January 12, 1968
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 63 KB
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Appellant was convicted by the verdict of a jury for the possession of a narcotic drug, 43 milligrams of heroin. Upon proof and a finding of a prior 1953 grand larceny conviction, the court sentenced appellant to eight years imprisonment in the Department of Corrections of Missouri. The sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction is not here challenged. Appellant urges that he is entitled to a reversal and a new trial because (I) ""The Assignment Court erred in not allowing a Defendant or his representatives to post a bond for his release from custody""; (II) the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to grant a continuance; (III) that he was forced to trial with such expedition as to deprive him of the effective assistance of counsel; and (IV) the court erred in trying him under § 195.200, paragraph 1(2), instead of § 195.200, paragraph 1(1) (RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S.), because the incorrect punishment provision would adversely change the ratio of peremptory challenges (§ 546.180, RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S.) of the jury panel for him as a first (narcotics) offender than given to a second offender under said paragraphs.